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Photograph of museum basement corner, Boulder City, (Nev.), January 10, 1938

Date

1938-01-10

Description

East corner of basement in Boulder City Museum.

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and Lily Pons, Beverly Hills, California, November 8, 1938

Date

1938-11-08

Description

Lily Pons (left), Howard Hughes (center), and an unidentified man (right) at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Text printed on an attached strip of paper: "Noted flier and his hostess at cocktail party Los Angeles, Cal. -- Howard Hughes, noted flier, with Lily Pons, singing star, as he attended the cocktail party given by Miss Pons at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Credit Line (ACME) 11/8/38 NY LOND PAR."

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Photograph of Frank Merriam, Howard Hughes, and Frank L. Shaw, Los Angeles, 1938

Date

1938

Description

Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "As Los Angeles Welcomed Howard Hughes Home, Los Angeles, Cal. --- Governor Frank Merriam, Howard Hughes, and Mayor Frank L. Shaw (left to right) as they rode through the crowd-packed streets of Los Angeles during the reception -- one of the greatest and wildest the city had ever seen -- as Hughes and his four daring companions on his World-Flight arrived in the city. Credit Line (ACME). 8/2/38."

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men at a banquet in Los Angeles, August 1, 1938

Date

1938-08-01

Description

Typed onto a piece of paper attached to the image: "As Howard Hughes Was Welcomed to Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Cal. -- Mayor Frank L. Shaw of Los Angeles, Howard Hughes, Will Hays, "Czar" of the movies, and Governor Frank Merriam of California (left to right) are pictured at the luncheon in the Biltmore Hotel which followed the wild ovation for Hughes and his four companions on his record-smashing world flight as they arrived in Los Angeles from their triumph from the East. Credit Line (ACME) 8/2/38"

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Photograph of Howard Hughes and other men in New York, August 20, 1938

Date

1938-08-20

Description

Description given with photograph: "Howard Hughes after landing in New York after a high altitude flight from Los Angeles during which he tested a new two-ounce oxygen mask. With him were (L to R): Charles Perrine, Glenn Odekirk, and Harry Connor."

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Photograph of Brewington and Pittman family members, Ely (Nev.), September 27, 1938

Date

1938-09-27

Archival Collection

Description

Members of the Brewington and Pittman families celebrating the golden wedding anniversary of Dr. and Mrs. George F. Brewington (parents of Ida Pittman, wife of Nevada Governor Vail M. Pittman), in the Pittman's home in Ely, Nevada. Seated, L-R: Frances R. Brewington, George F. Brewington, Rose (Farrell) Brewington, Ann E. Brewington. Standing, L-R: Nevada Governor Vail M. Pittman, Ida Louise "Liz" (Brewington) Pittman. Frances Brewington and Ann Brewington, sisters to Ida Pittman, served as a public health nurse in Boulder City, Nevada, and as a teacher of business education at the University of Chicago, respectively.

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Roscoe Moss (Los Angeles), June 10, 1938

Date

1938-06-10

Archival Collection

Description

Well No. 2 had dropped production from 2.5 million gallons a day to 700,000 gallons, and Bracken discussed possible remedies.

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Photograph of a grinding slab metate at the Lost City, Clark County, before 1938

Date

1930 to 1938

Description

Grinding slab metate at the Lost City with numerous holes

Transcribed Notes: Notes on photo sleeve Los City, Nevada. Holes and stones were used to grind grains, etc. (Credit: W.A. Davis); 'Gypsum Cave, bedrock mortars near cave' - W.A. Davis

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